So my first thought was that the tutorial for this game was absolutely overwhelming. Every part of me wanted to turn back right then and there. My second thought once I started pressing buttons was that that whole tutorial section could have gone right out the window because I didn't read a word of it and figured out what I was supposed to do fairly quickly. I don't know if I started on one of the more difficult levels but it was a little bit challenging for a first level. It might be nice to have some really easy levels at the beginning while the player gets used to the screen and then unlocks harder quests as the game goes on. 

My third thought was that you have a beautiful gem here. I would play the heck out of this game. I'm definitely going to be coming back to this one! 

It was fun to play, but somewhat confusing. Maybe the instructions could be made a bit easier to follow if there was an interactive tutorial rather than a set of static images with text on them. I imagine that would take some work to make though. At least I could check the help screen in mid-game, which I did a lot. It would also be nice if the menu options had tooltips. I mean, so when I point at the "ability" option I get to see what the currently selected character's ability is, that would have saved me some looking at the help screen (the drawback of tooltips is they would be harder to get working on mobile, but I haven't even checked if the game can run on mobile, but browser games that don't require a keyboard might, especially 2D games... I guess if there's enough space, you could add the attack descriptions and ability descriptions on the buttons themselves, I could see space being an issue on mobile though). And I initially didn't know I could walk between rooms. Maybe that could have been shown somewhere. And yet, I feel like the art was pretty good. A minimap would probably have been helpful with that.

The credits screen was a bit hard to read with the busy background. And the music, although it wasn't the same really short bit over and over, it did feel a bit sameish since there wasn't that much variation. Maybe having a part where the drum stopped and some slower-paced music took over for at least fifteen seconds would have made it more interesting.

Having tried 30ish action games from this jam, some even with time limits, it was nice to try something turn-based too.

Neat pretty engaging gameplay, regrettably held back a lot by the presentation (not exactly in the 'why doesn't it look 'pretty'' sense, but bad font choice, distorted interface elements, difficult to parse important information, etc).

-My favorite part was the general pacing of combat. Even though I'm not too much a fan of the wide range of values that can come out of basic D&D like combat, when not there for the purpose of drama/story among a group, the movement range/abilities/dash/combat etc actions were fun.

-As mentioned at the start, this really needs an overhaul of the interface and visual presentation. Personally it's not a matter of wanting it to 'look good', just be more presentable. The font is the first thing that needs to be changed. Then the general elements like health etc need to be more readable.
It could be a lot more enjoyable with the content that exists with some more tweaks.

-Also agree a lot with everything HelperWesley said, super nice work for the time you had, but as far as the current experience, it feels lacking polish and revisions that could really it be fun for more than the one quest I stopped after.

Wow was I overflown by the text a bit. Once I got everything it was logical and easyer though. So the learning curve is okay. The music suprised me a bit because it's not the style I've expected. I got lost in the game, took me a while to understand that I can go up to continue. Since I've noticed that first enemies spawned up, than down, I assumed that The enemies will just keep spawning in that rectangular room, but as it turned out, it wasn't the case.

To fix confusion I'd: (B is the most efficent for a gamejam)

A) Make the player able to pan the camera, maybe it could be a an ability.

B) Make the level much smaller sothe player can see everything in the starting area (and the exit upfront).

C) Both.

At the end I didn't know where to progress, so I've just quit. Also at the spawn there was this glowing something, and I tought that after I killed the enemies I have to return there to go to the next level, but it didn't do anything. Players alwas go towards the light, and glowy stuff, so If that would dissapear after spawn that would help avoid confusion.

Also about combat: I didn't understand the boomerand for a long time. If I could change it, you would just be able to throw it instead of using it as a bear trap. The calling back ads more strategy, so that could still be the same.

In conclusion:

The game was super complex (in a good way) for a jam, it had strategy to it, looked nice, and sounded nice too. It had some confusing elements, the level could have guided the player better, and I didn't understand why are you supposed to use a boomerand as a bear trap, but it was a good game after-all. Good Job!

The music is nice and I love turn based games! This was fun, the tutorial is very extensive and I found myself going back to it every once in a while to make sure I was doing things right. It would be a quality of life improvement I think if the game could have a leave quest button once the quest is finished because using the portal sometimes felt like I was quitting when Im not supposed to 😁

The overall experience was nice and the abilities and movement system and AI were all fun! good job! 😄

loved the graphics and mechanics.

Good job!

It would be nice if you check out our game too😄

Very nice game! enjoyed all of the abilities of each character and their attacks. There were some stuff on the UI that even with scrolling I couldn't read it, but overall was pretty well made! 

In the Fun and design category for me is 5 it was pretty fun. I definitely believe that if you continue with this project, could do very good! Hope to see more of it.

A lot of content! very impressive. I love the cute art as well. Really great work overall!

 It would mean a lot if you could check out my Jam submission if you get the chance. Thanks!

Oh my.

When you were told "be careful of scope creep", you must have rolled up your sleeves and handed someone your beer. lol.

I applaud you for creating and implementing a fully functional turned based strategy system. That must have been really hard. So I gave you full points for technical implementation.

However.....
-The game art is tiny and hard to see.
-The level art is sometimes obtrusive.(I spent a bunch of time in the first room wandering because I didn't know the door was open to walk through)
-The buttons you do interact with are tiny in comparison to the inventory, which you don't really interact with. You could shrink the inventory and increase the button size.
-You shouldn't have to press move to start moving at the beginning of your turn. That should just be started by default and only when you want to do something other than move should you have to click something, like attack. Making the player click move for each turn is just giving them busy work.
-Enemies within an attack radius should be highlighted, I missed a few attacks until I just started standing on top of enemies to hit them.(Which I'm assuming isn't how you wanted the game to play)

All in all,
Your core mechanic works well, the sound/music was good, and (despite the huge awkward tutorial screen) the game is easy to understand. Your game mostly lacks playtesting and polish. I personally think the scope might have been too big for a jam game.
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I do again want to say well done. You made a freaking fully functional turned base rpg in 7 days.
That is awesome.

This is my favourite so far, really the sort of game I would play, even pay for, if it's more polished, would love to see more, really awesome! :D

a few notes: it was a lot of info, overwhleming but I enjoyed it and took my time learning it and figured it out and glad I did, it's a huge fun game.
there were some problems with the damage not being dealt even tho they were in the damage circle or it wasn't displaying correctly or I missed something.
The dog always attack towards the left, even though the damage indicates it will attack in a circle.

No big problems, I was overwhelmed and enjoyed it very much :D you are the winner for me, atm, love it!

A lot of work must have went into this, the quest system, character with abilities, art, music and more is just amazing. In one week you have definitely impressed me, well done this is an awesome entry!

Very impressive you managed to implement all this in a week! An enjoyable experience. I would suggest  adding an indicator as to the attack range of the characters, I often found my self being just out of range.

The game play was engaging and the combat system is interesting. Perhaps the instructions could have less words on one page? For instance, focusing on one aspect by greying out the rest of the area. I don't really play turn based games so it surprised me when there was a good amount of action between the player and enemy. 

Right off the bat, I could already tell that this game was going to be fun. I love games that have this kind of management and progression! However, I think that one of the things that you can work on is the HUD and the text. There's a bit of an information overload at the beginning, and the text kind of seems to be stretched horizontally. Other than that, I DEFINITELY see the potential in this-- keep up the good work! If you have the time, I'd appreciate it if you played my game as well!

EDIT: I also forgot to add that I really dig how the gameplay rolls out. It kind of reminds me of JRPG turns!

fun and enjoyable , HUD could use some simplification as there are too many things displayed at once ;)